Sexuality & Reproductive Rights

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Exterior view of the Stonewall Inn
Stonewall and the Unfinished Gay Revolution
Carrie Buck
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Carrie (left) with her mother, Emma Buck, at the Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, 1924.
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony
Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India
A rainbow version of the Ohio City neighborhood flag.
Gay is Good for Business: LGBTQ Rights and the Economic Development of America’s Cities and Suburbs
a woman holding a needle with drugs in it
The Blame Game: The USSR’s Response to HIV/AIDS
Group of women marching with signs: "GWU Women's Liberation," "I'm a second-class citizen," "Women demand equality"
A Slut from East Toledo (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 5)
An AIDS testing site in Moscow, 1987.
The Blame Game: The USSR’s Response to HIV/AIDS
Detail from the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
Common Good and Common Evil in American Religion
Highclere Castle, the main setting for Downton Abbey.
At the Movies: Downton Abbey
"Gay Liberation" by George Segal
Stonewall and the Unfinished Gay Revolution
illustration of Prince George IV
Unspoken Anxiety or Vivid Metaphor?
Graffiti in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse, Then and Now
Stenciled graffiti of a priest pursuing two children
Secrecy and Celibacy: The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."
HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future
illustration of people around a fire ring
The Causes and Costs of Barrenness
Women at the Women's March in DC with signs: "Can't Believe We STILL Have to Protest", "Keep your Hands and Laws Off my Body", "RAPE CULTURE" with a line through it
The Long History of #MeToo
Sexing History Logo
Best in History Online: Sexing History Podcast
Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman-Hughes in 1972.
Are Women People? The Equal Rights Amendment Then and Now
Marchers for the Equal Rights Amount, holding banner that reads "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"
The Equal Rights Amendment: Then and Now
A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"
Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice
The FBI’s finely tuned image as a scientific, fact-driven investigative force, cultivated in images like this, often overshadowed how the Bureau’s priorities on issues such as homosexuality were shaped by popular fears rooted in homophobia.
G-Men, Gays, and Government
Courtesans such as Lilly Langtry (in this 1885 photograph) are claimed to have started utilizing underwear as tool of seduction.
Where’s that Sexy History Under There?
Marchers for LGBTQ rights
The Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage and LGBTQ Rights